Diagrams · Fig. 16

The 90-second path

After you install, the correct experience is that nothing visible happens.

The 90-second pathThe install timeline. At zero seconds you install the gate; at about twenty seconds the installer wires every MCP host it detects; at about thirty seconds you restart the host; at about forty-five seconds the first tools/list pins every tool, silently, with nothing to configure and nothing to see. Then nothing happens until the first drift, which is your first hold and the only time the gate interrupts you. Silence after install is the gate working, not the gate being broken.0sinstallthe gate20swire yourMCP hosts30srestartthe host45sfirst tools/list= every tool pinnedwheneverfirst drift= your first HOLDSILENTnothing to configure.nothing to see.this is correct.THE POINTthe only time the gateever interrupts you.read it, then decide.SILENCE AFTER INSTALL IS THE GATE WORKING, NOT THE GATE BEING BROKEN.
Fig. 16 · After you install, the correct experience is that nothing visible happens.
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   0s ------ 20s ------ 30s ------ 45s -------------- whenever
    |          |          |          |                     |
  install    wire your  restart    first tools/list      first drift
  the gate   hosts      the host   = every tool pinned   = your first HOLD

                                   +---- silent ----+    +--- the point ---+
                                   | nothing to     |    | this is the only|
                                   | configure.     |    | time the gate   |
                                   | nothing to     |    | interrupts you. |
                                   | see. correct.  |    |                 |
                                   +----------------+    +-----------------+

  silence after install is the gate working, not the gate being broken.
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The install timeline. At zero seconds you install the gate; at about twenty seconds the installer wires every MCP host it detects; at about thirty seconds you restart the host; at about forty-five seconds the first tools/list pins every tool, silently, with nothing to configure and nothing to see. Then nothing happens until the first drift, which is your first hold and the only time the gate interrupts you. Silence after install is the gate working, not the gate being broken.

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